[demoRat watcher]

Humanicentrism Ping List A rare ping to a special group of scientists.

[RightWhale]

Our overlords, Kissinger, Rockefellers, etc., say 200 million is the best population. This fellow is far too soft to be of that caste.

[King Prout]

you rang? what?

[PatrickHenry]

Please remove me from that ping list.

[VadeRetro]

April Fool's was yesterday.

[furball4paws]

I don't know what a "Humanicentrism" ping list is, but I don't want to be on the list. Please remove. Thank You.

[PatrickHenry]

It's one thing to copy the html code for my ping list logo, which you did in post 50. Anyone can do that. It's not very original of you, but it's no big deal. If you had asked for the code I would have given it to you. But you didn't ask, did you?

It's quite another thing, however, to hijack the names from my ping list for your own use, when you've had no previous contact with any of those people, or with me. At minimum, your conduct is exceedingly discourteous.

If this were my website I'd ban you on the spot. My hope is that the mods will -- at least -- strongly warn you not to repeat your behavior.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

I never asked to be on this *list*. As it isn't April 1st, there is no excuse. Please desist from pining me again.

BTW, I never said I was a scientist.

[narby]

Please remove me from this ping list. I don't know what "Humanicentrism" is, other than a late april fools joke. A sick one at that.

[blam]

Thanks for the ping.

I'm busy working on the Bird Flu pandemic and haven't time to fix this problem presently.

[AntiGuv]

I'm unsure why you've pinged me, but if you've stalked me enough to keep my screenname in mind for this, then surely you must realize that:

1) I quite firmly and stridently believe that there is a difference in kind between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom; and that the principle difference in kind is situated in our sentience.

2) In my view it's quite clear that humanity is the crowning achievement of evolution; indeed, that all of terrestrial evolution to date has been for the purpose of producing a species such as ours.

3) That not only has all of evolution to date been but a prelude to our emergence, but that moreover we will imminently rise altogether above evolution, as masters of earth's biological destiny.

In short, you would be extraordinarily hard-pressed to find anyone more 'anthropocentric' than me, not least amongst your smug theistic cohorts, who presumably view humanity as nothing but vile, sinful maggots defiling the sight of an angry God.

So, do me a favor, and leave me out of your little parodies in the future. Thanks!